Sports News (1956)

BAREFOOT FOOTBALLERS OF UGANDA V WYCOMBE WANDERERS High Wycombe. Start of a friendly football match between Wycombe Wanderers ant Uganda’s touring team. SV. Uganda and Wycombe Wanderers footballers coming onto the field. SCU. Two Ugandan players jigging up and down before game, pan down to show their bare feet. GV. Crowd. LV. Ugandan goal. Wycombe in black shorts, Uganda in white shorts. At this stage, Ugandans are one down. A corner kick is being taken by Wycombe out on their right wing. Ball comes in the middle and Trott heads it to Paul Bates who heads it past the Uganda defence. Ball in the net. SCU. People clapping. LV. Bates with the ball, running through, beats the advancing goalkeeper and kicks the ball into the net. SV. Crowd. LV. Wycombe on the attack again. Tomlin with the ball. He crosses into the goal mouth. It goes right across the goal. Uganda back tries to clear but Wycombe right winger goes in and slings it back where Bates beats Owiny to it and pushes it inside. He then swivels round an
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